The Once


Borealis Records' rerelease of this album comes out September 2010.

01 Sail Away To The Sea
02 Nell's Song
03 Maid On The Shore
04 Coming Back To You
05 What Will You Be Building
06 Marguerite
07 Is The Big Man Within/Hound's/Gerald Thomas' Burnt Potato
08 Three Fishers
09 Willie Taylor
10 The Deserter
11 The Briar and The Rose
12 Anthem

Produced by Mark Neary. Recorded by Don Ellis at Fat Track Studios, St. John's. Mixed by Laurence Currie at Sunnyside Studios, Toronto. Mastering by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering, Toronto. Artwork by Duncan Major.


Twelve original arrangements of traditional and contemporary material.

Track 1 written Dave Cousins (SGO Music Publishing);
Track 2 lyrics by Al Pittman (courtesy of the Estate of Al Pittman), composed by Phil Churchill, Nell's Waltz composed by Andrew Dale;
Tracks 4 and 12 written by Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen Stranger Music)
Track 5 written by Amelia Curran (courtesy of Amelia Curran);
Track 6 written by Scott Richardson (courtesy of Scott Richardson); Gerald Thomas' Burnt Potato tune written by Emile Benoit;
Track 11 written by Tom Waits (Jalma Music);


Find the once CDs at Fred's Records & O'Brien's Music

Website by Jud Haynes.
Based on artwork by Duncan Major.